However England’s top flight clubs have shown their dominance among the highest-earners, with all 20 teams making it into the rich list’s top 40.

Manchester United moves up from fourth to second on the list, which is based on season 2013-14 revenues.

Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain filled the next spots.

English clubs Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool were placed sixth to ninth, all of them showing healthy rises in revenues.

Tottenham were in 13th spot, while there were new entries for Newcastle United and Everton at 19th and 20th.

The total combined revenue for the top 20 richest clubs rose by 14% to €6.2bn, the report found. The list only looks at revenues accrued and does not take into account club debts.

Real Madrid, which won its so-called “Decima” European Cup/Champions League after beating city neighbours Atletico 4-1 last May, saw revenues of €549.5m (£459.5m, at average exchange rate for the year ending 30 June 2014).

The club saw revenue growth of €30.6m, from increases of 8% and 9% in broadcast and commercial revenues respectively.

Other findings include:

Galatasaray was the only club from outside the “big five” European leagues to make the top 20

Italy’s Napoli was a new entrant into the top 20 after its revenues soared by more than 50%

Spain’s Atletico Madrid moved up from 20th to 15th place after reaching the Champions League final

JSP was extremely proud to be involved in the Football Business Awards 2014, especially as we were able to help the FBA team launch a brand new category for this year.

Sir Bobby Charlton took the top prize of Global Football Ambassador at the Football Business Awards on Thursday evening (6th November). The winners of the 2014 Football Business Awards were announced at Stamford Bridge in front of an audience of sports stars and key business people. The most influential and game-changing brands, sponsors, clubs and off-pitch talent claimed their title as the best in the football industry. Sir Bobby received the award both for his outstanding contribution to the game but also for his extensive humanitarian work, primarily through his charity, Find A Better Way. Simon Burton, Director of the Football Business Awards, said: “Sir Bobby Charlton embodies everything that is good about football’s power to impact positively on people’s lives. He was a gentleman on the pitch and continues to be so off it, using the voice he earned through football to inform and inspire people for an amazing cause.” Find A Better Way was inspired after Sir Bobby visited a minefield in Cambodia, witnessing first-hand the damage caused by landmines in current and former areas of conflict. Consequently the charity is now a major funding body for research at several leading UK universities, including research into engineering biological replacement limbs. Find A Better Way also raises funds for education and victims recovery projects. categories spanning, technology, hospitality and fan engagement were recognised on the night. The winners were: • Notts County Football Club — Best Club Marketing Campaign • Perform, at St. George’s Park — Best Business Serving Football (up to £2m turnover) • ADI UK — Best Business Serving Football (over £2m turnover) • Chelsea Football Club — Best Football Club Hospitality • Firstkind Ltd with West Ham United — Best / Most Innovative Use of Technology (club specific) • FIFA- Best / Most Innovative Use of Technology (non-club specific) • Sporting Memories Network — Best Football Community Scheme • Tottenham Hotspur Football Club — Best Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme • Manchester City Football Club — Best Match Day Experience • Everton Football Club — Best Football App • Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading — Best Non-match Day Use of Venue • Brabners LLP — Best Professional Service Business Serving Football • Queens Park Rangers Football Club — Best Fan Engagement by Club • Football Foundation / Barclays Spaces for Sport — Sponsorship / Partnership of the Year • Ivan Gazidis, Arsenal Football Club — fcBusiness CEO of the Year — The Premier League • Sam Rush, Derby County Football Club — fcBusiness CEO of the Year — The Championship • Robbie Cowling, Colchester United Football Club — fcBusiness CEO of the Year — League One • Russ Green, Hartlepool United Football Club — fcBusiness CEO of the Year — League Two • Steve Brown, St. Johnstone Football Club — fcBusiness CEO of the Year — The Scottish Premiership • Sir Bobby Charlton — Global Football Ambassador • Peter Kenyon — Outstanding Contribution Award

The fourth annual BBC Sport Price of Football study showed that Arsenal followers are paying more than three times more than their counterparts at Premier League champions Manchester City who remain the cheapest club to watch for a season in the English top flight and almost10 times more than Barcelona and Bayern Munich

The survey found that Arsenal were the most expensive club in Europe to watch via a season ticket, the price of which ranges from £1,014 to £2,013. Their cheapest season ticket costs more than the most expensive equivalent at every other Premier League club apart from Chelsea (£1,250) and Tottenham Hotspur (£1,895).

Barcelona fans can get a season ticket for as little as £103.38, with Bayern not far behind at £109.65. That is cheaper than any of England’s 92 professional clubs, where prices start at £150 – at Charlton Athletic. City’s cheapest season-ticket is £299.

Published three months after supporters demonstrated against the spiralling cost of attending matches in England for the second successive summer, the survey found it to have risen by almost twice the rate of inflation since it began in 2011, with fans of Premier League clubs now paying almost four times the amount for a season ticket compared to supporters in Germany.

The study found that the average price of the cheapest match-day ticket across all four divisions was £21.49, up 13 per cent since 2011, compared to a 6.8 per cent increase in the cost of living. Compared to 12 months ago, the cheapest match-day tickets were up 4.4 per cent, from £20.58 to £21.49, more than treble the current rate of inflation, which is 1.2 per cent. The average Premier League season ticket now costs £508, compared to £138 in the Bundesliga.

The cheapest match-day ticket in the Premier League has risen by 15.8 per cent, 31.7 per cent in League One and 19 per cent in League Two. Only in the Championship has it dropped – by 3.2 per cent. Arsenal have dropped their most expensive match-day ticket from £126 last year to £97.

Chelsea have the highest-priced cheapest match-day ticket of all the Premier League clubs – prices at Stamford Bridge begin at £50.

Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday both boast £10 match-day tickets – the cheapest in English football and only matched by Southport in the Conference.

The survey exposed the region patterns in price variations, with London the most expensive city to watch Premier League football.

However, Charlton emerged as having the cheapest season ticket in the top four divisions in England, with only Conference side Eastleigh (£105) cheaper.

The average price of the cheapest match-day ticket in Scotland’s top flight, meanwhile, was shown to have increased by almost eight per cent since 2011 – from £18.92 to £20.42.

Peterhead charge £90 for their cheapest season ticket – cheaper than anywhere else in the top four divisions of Scottish football and cheaper than the top five divisions in England. The Scottish League One side also charge the least for a match-day ticket, at £6. The most expensive season ticket is sold by Celtic, at £600.

The study also reveals the cost of merchandise and food and drink in English football. In the Premier League, the two Manchester clubs – United and City – charge the most for an adult replica shirt, £55, with Hull City boasting the cheapest jersey at £39.99. Conference club Barnet charge £49.90 for an adult shirt – more expensive than the price charged by 11 Premier League clubs.

In Scotland, Celtic’s adult shirt is most expensive at £53. The cheapest is £30 at Brechin and Alloa.

The Conference is also the home of British football’s most expensive pie, Kidderminster Harriers’ award-winning £4.50 offering. Championship club Brighton & Hove Albion are the next most expensive at £4.10.

In the Premier League, City, Southampton and Crystal Palace have the most expensive pie at £4. In Scotland, at £1.20, the cheapest pies are at Forfar and Queen’s Park. Scottish Championship side Livingston sell the most expensive pie, charging £2.50.

Manchester United, Liverpool and Southampton have the most expensive cups of tea at £2.50. The cheapest can be bought at Conference club Braintree for 80p.

Burnley and Manchester City have the cheapest tea in the Premier League at £1.80. In Scotland, League Two side Elgin City charge just 60p for a cup of tea, the cheapest of the clubs contacted in the top four divisions of Scottish football.

The most expensive cup of tea in the top four divisions of Scottish football can be bought at Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hibernian and Inverness at £2.20.

Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is the venue when BASIS hosts its Annual Sustainable Sport Conference on Tuesday 21st October 20014.

The meeting will bring together people from professional and community sport including governing bodies, clubs and venues along with policy makers, academics and others. The common thread is the desire to implement sustainable development principles into the way venues run their organisations to reduce environmental impacts, enhance the local surrounding communities and reduce the costs of operations.

Guest speakers include:

Omar Mitchell (National Hockey League) will speak about their ground breaking sustainability assessment of the NHL.

Andrea Collins (Lecturer at Cardiff University) will present assessments of the environmental impacts of major sport events in the UK, including the FA Cup Final, RBS 6 Nations, and UK stages of the 2007 Tour de France.

The event will be concluded by a number of breakout sessions lead by sports industry leaders from Sport England, the Institute of Groundsmanship, the European Healthy Stadia Network, National Union of Students/British University and College Sport among others. Topics include sustainability in community, professional and university sports, energy use in sports venues, driving sustainability in your supply chain and sports turf management.

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games came to an end on Sunday night with the Closing Ceremony marking the finale of the competition – deemed the ‘best ever’ by Commonwealth Games Federation President Prince Imran. ‘The Commonwealth Games are known as the Friendly Games,’ he said.

‘These have been more than that, they have truly been the peoples’ Games. Glasgow, it is a job well done, you have delivered the best Games ever.’ The closing ceremony, last night, ended the Glasgow 2014 campaign after 11 days of action across 17 sports, with hosts Scotland finishing fourth overall with a record haul of 19 golds and a best-ever tally of 53 medals. England topped the medal table for the first time in 28 years, Wales surpassed their target of 27 and Northern Ireland reaped their largest tally since the Games was last in Scotland in 1986. The Commonwealth Flag was also passed to Gold Coast to mark the transition to the next edition of the Games in 2018. The jamboree ended with a Closing Ceremony opened by Glaswegian singer Lulu and closed by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean. In between were athletes emerging from tents, speeches, a presentation from the Gold Coast organisers and Kylie Minogue. Finally, following a mass rendition of Auld Lang Syne, Scotland bid farewell to Glasgow 2014. The Games were then officially declared closed by the Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, vice-patron of the CGF. Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation concluded: ‘Yesterday, the rain came down, but the spirit of these Games endured.’ ‘Each medallist who returns to their community will get a heroes welcome, and encourage others to have a go – to pursue their dreams.’ ‘This is one of the most powerful elements of sport – the ability to inspire our youth– and we have seen fantastic role models in action across these 11 days in Glasgow.’